My ruminations on reactions to the demise of public personalities If ignorance is bliss, then we humans are the masters at being in a state of nirvana . An ever-burgeoning list of people blatantly ignored when alive, but eulogised after death offers clinching evidence for the same. The passing away of every public personality, for instance, should set the template for the study of this behvaioural trait. From outrage to surprise or disappointment, reactions to the same can open a Pandora’s Box, leaving behavioural analysts salivating to no end. Case in point: the demise of former Union minister Gopinath Munde. True, the Maharashtra BJP leader was a senior politician with considerable clout; in fact, he was widely tipped to be the state’s next chief minister. It was, therefore, expected that the leaders of his party were bound to shower the customary encomiums. However, it was a surprise indeed when leaders of opposition parties matched the BJP, if not bettered t...
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